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UNITED STATES JOSEPH H. oARDER, or

PATENT OFFICE. i

BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

\ CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,754, dated May 15, 1888.

Application tiled March 7, 1888.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH H. GARDEJR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State o f New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Cuff-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for holding a cuff so that it may be easily adjusted back and forth, and also for securing the cuff-holder in any position desired on the shirt-sleeve, all of which will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an under side view of the cuffholding portion of the device and a top view of the pivoted spring-clasp for holding it to the shirt-sleeve. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cuff-holding portion and a rear end elevation of the pivoted spring-clasp. Fig. 3 is a top side view of the cuff-holdin g portion and a front end'view of the pivoted spring-clasp, and Fig. 4 represents a side elevation of the pivoted spring-clasp and a rear view of the spring portion for holding the cuff.

The cuff-holding portion consists of a single piece of spring metal bent at the point 1, so as to form the upper and lower spring arms, 2 and 3, in one piece.

rllhe upper arm, 2, is provided with a small downwardly-projecting bend, 4, which rests against the lower portion, 3, so that the cuff is held between the two spring-arms at the point 4 only. The end 5 of the lower portion, 3, projects a little beyond the part 2and is curved slightly outward, and the end 6 of the upper spring-arm is curved slightly the other way, which construction renders it more easy to insert the cuff between them.

The portion for holding the device to the shirt-sleeve consists of a spring-clasp composed of the twopivoted jaws 7 and 8, secured to-v gether by a pin, 9, which is riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to the rear portions 2 and 3, so as to form a pivot upon which the springjaws can be turned around either way, and also for the jaws 7 and 8 to turn on while beserii'i No. 266,483. (No model.)

ing opened or closed. This construction allows the springclasp to be turned in any direction, and can be readily put onto the shirt-v sleeve by pressing the rear ends, 10 and 11, of the jaws toward each other by the fingers, thereby opening the jaws, as shown by the dotted lines 13 in Fig. 4, and then allowing the f In operating with this device the cuff is f forced in between the spring-arms 2 and 3 by laying its edge upon the projecting portion 5 and then pushing it forward, the strength of the spring-arms being such as to hold it with sufficient force at any point to which it may be adjusted. The cu is now put on and easily secured in any position and at any point desired on the shirt-sleeve by means ofthe swiveled spring-clasp.

I claim as my invention- 1. rIhe cuff-holder herein described, consisting o'f two springarms formed in one piece, so that its free ends will spring together, between which the cuff is held so that it may be adjusted back and forth, in combination withv a swiveled spring-clasp mounted on a pin rigidly secured to the rear end of said springs, substantiallyvas and'for the purposes described.

2. A cuffholder consisting of two springarms formed in one piece bent o'verso as to spring together, one o them having its end projecting forward of the other, and the other spring provided with a bent portion, 4, at the end, a pin, 9, rigidly secured to the rear end of the springs, and a spring-clasp mounted upon said pin so that it may beturned in either direction or be opened and closed thereon, substantially as and for the purposes described.

'JOSEPH H. OARDER Witnesses: n JAMEs SANGs'rER,

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